Lucius Takes us Halfway to Heaven Conner Smith November 29, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews It was full speed right from the start. The murmur of casual conversations beneath the warm glow of the Fillmore’s chandeliers and the crunching of house-provided scarlet apples between teeth were immedia...
Not a garage big enough in the world for Night Beats Ally Mason November 29, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Night Beats stopped by Brick and Mortar Wednesday November 9th to play the psych set of a Bay area college student's dream. The Mystery Lights of Brooklyn, NY are supporting them on this tour. Both bands have a...
A$AP Ferg supplies post-election catharsis at Regency Nathaniel Wartzman November 25, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews “Open up that space in the center there man,” the Trap Lord demanded. Everybody pushed and shoved, doing what he said. And then the song dropped, elbows flew, and the moshing began. November 9th, at the ...
Stuck in a Room with Mac Miller Arnav Chaturvedi November 21, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews In light of the recent election, the people of Oakland that weren’t protesting on the night of November 9th, gathered in The Fox Theater to hear Mac Miller on his Divine Feminine tour. The once child rapper o...
Three birds, one synth: Peter Hook & The Light, Day Wave and Hazel English Ally Mason November 21, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews The stars collided for a weekend as Peter Hook & The Light, Day Wave, and Hazel English’s paths all fell to San Francisco. After a career spanning multiple decades and genres as founding member and bass...
Sleigh Bells mine their sound for fresh ideas, find none on Jessica Rabbit HR Huber-Rodriguez November 19, 2016 Album Review, Reviews When you’ve been following the independent music scene for long enough, you start to see the same story-lines play out over and over again. There’s the classic “first album was solid, got signed to a bi...
“A moment for escapism:” Classixx shuts the world out of the Regency Ballroom Jordan Aronson November 14, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Last Thursday at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, a different type of protest formed - a passive one, marked by joy, color, and music. The perpetrators? Classixx, the Los Angeles-based DJ duo of Michael D...
Reflections from a comforting Toro y Moi gig Matt Sater November 13, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews I can’t recall a single political lyric on any Toro y Moi release. Toro y Moi, formerly the solo project of Chaz Bundick and now the name for his full band, has never been one to protest loudly. A modest Amer...
Lauryn Hill: a re-education Natalie Silver November 10, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Cloaked in an oversized leopard coat and matching pants, Ms. Lauryn Hill clutched the microphone and turned the name of our town into a song of its own. “Berkeley,” she wailed deep into a cover of Nina S...
Portugal. The Man excites Santa Cruz to begin fall tour Arnav Chaturvedi November 6, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews Portugal. The Man kicked off their fall tour last week in the Bay Area with their second show at The Catalyst in Santa Cruz. The Alaskan psychedelic rock group is set to hit venues all across the United States ...
Brand New: love and despair are raging inside me Sam Jameson November 6, 2016 Multimedia, Photos, Reviews It felt as though this turn of events was just a pleasant dream, but as I awoke sprawled across a couch in San Jose with a memory card full of the best pictures I'd ever taken - I realized that I had not o...
Nicolas Jaar fills the UC Theatre with dread, dreams, and dance on Halloweekend Brian Grossman November 5, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Nicolas Jaar isn’t the type to keep with conventions. With the release of Sirens this past September, he further blurred the line between electronic dance and experimental music, filling its 41-minutes wit...
The Summer Set present a tour made by the people, for the people Desiree Diaz November 3, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Photos The Summer Set, a pop rock band from Arizona, was on the brink of breaking up before releasing their latest album Stories for Monday (2016) in April of this year. They have stated that this is their most per...
English producer Sampha woos the crowd for Halloween Eda Yu November 2, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Reviews Sampha strolled out on stage Saturday Night at the Swedish American Hall, following a moving and instrumental set by cellist and singer, Kelsey Lu. His hair was piled up atop his head in an intricate pattern. H...
K.Flay slays at the Great American Music Hall Isaac Yi November 2, 2016 Concerts, Festivals, and Live Reviews, Multimedia, Photos, Reviews Kristine Flaherty, known as K.Flay, has come a long way since writing her first rap parody track over 10 years ago, performing in front of a sold out crowd in her hometown of San Francisco last Thursday, Octo...